Ugh! That is so gross. How did you end up with an entire mug of lemon juice, though? Did you put the entire bottle in your mug?

I give my dogs (and myself) fish oil, and 3 of them are indifferent and one of them will carefully eat each individual kibble out of her bowl and leave the capsule laying there. My sister's dog, on the other hand, LOVES fish oil and will save the capsule for last, carry it all around the house playing with it, and only swallow the capsule when she's extracted all the oil she can get out of it. Then she wants to run over and lick our faces, which no one really appreciates!

I just wanted to say: you microwave water for your tea?! Disgusting. The proper way is to boil a kettle, when it's boiling hot pour the water into a mug, put in the teabag, LEAVE for a few minutes, then come back, take the teabag out and enjoy your tea.

Ah, welcome to monday mornings! I have abandoned my fish oil experiment. I wont even COOK fish at my house unless its bbq'ed because I can't stand the smell. I tossed my capsules for the same reason.. dont care what the package said."no fish oil taste"...liars...lousy liars..

Neither tea nor coffee is properly prepared unless it is first measured out in a sterling silver teaspoon, gently tapped (not RAPPED, tapped gently, young person!) on a china plate to settle the grounds or leaves, then placed carefully in a half-moon mound in the middle of the pot.

Next one must carefully pour in exactly one-half gallon of the highest-quality Norwegian Fish Oil, kept at exactly 200F in a ceramic chafing dish lit by the Butler at 6 am to allow the proper chafing flavor to develop. Dribble in the juice of 9 fresh-picked meyer lemons, allow to steep for no more than 8.5 minutes, decant, and you have the only acceptable formulation of coffee or tea.

Really? Is this a joke? There's no mention of any breakfast other than tea and Coke. I don't think I would go to a doctor that drank diet Coke. If a doctor is that ignorant of what diet Coke can do to your body, then I doubt they are qualified to cure anybody. But it's not surprising since most doctor's nutritional education is sadly lacking. They are taught to prescribe drugs to cover up symptoms instead of healing from the inside out with good nutrition and healthy habits. If all of us ate well, slept well and exercised regularly, a majority of our ailments would probably disappear. Yes, even grumpiness.

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